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In 1997 New York City, filmmaker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a one-night fling. As their relationship evolves through dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to emotionally candid relationship dramas about desire, self-protection, and the painful limits of loving someone who cannot change.
- Tone
- melancholic, romantic, bleak
- Payoff
- heartbreak, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- intimacy, addiction, identity, boundaries, emotional dependency
- Setting
- late 1990s, intimate New York apartments and urban spaces
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